Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by atum47 » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 4:25 PM UTC

mylastattempt wrote: post #61

atum47 wrote: post #51

I was working for a big bank, facing moral harassment almost every day from a shitty manager. The thing with moral harassment is it don't happen out of nothing, it is gradual. The manager was testing the waters, every day making the insult a bit harder than the day before. One day he actually cursed me in a meeting with 14 other people and I decided I had enough. Reported him to HR and quit. After that I was working…

This is my first time hearing of 'moral harassment'. Is that an actual phrase or is English not your native language? Reading the rest of your comment it seems the manager was just a bully, but please elaborate if that understanding is incorrect!

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Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by atum47 » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 4:29 PM UTC

silisili wrote: post #60

atum47 wrote: post #51

I was working for a big bank, facing moral harassment almost every day from a shitty manager. The thing with moral harassment is it don't happen out of nothing, it is gradual. The manager was testing the waters, every day making the insult a bit harder than the day before. One day he actually cursed me in a meeting with 14 other people and I decided I had enough. Reported him to HR and quit. After that I was working…

Nice story, good for you. I like that you curated your search, hiring would be in such a better place if everyone did that. Anymore, every single opening gets spammed thousands of resumes with absolutely no skill or history relevant to the company. Makes it harder for the hiring side and people like yourself.

To be honest it took me about 6 hours to go through all the openings, selecting the ones I was interested in, writing a custom email and adapting my resumee to fit that particular opening. It was actually work.

Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by buggy6257 » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 4:29 PM UTC

Not specifically the HN who's hiring etc threads, but through YCombinator's job board I was approached, interviewed, and hired. Loved the company, work was fun (even if not my favorite language), but I upset the CTO by questioning his Golden Boy, the CTO stole an idea wholesale from me after telling me it was a bad idea, and then fired me with no specific reasons.

If it weren't for that CTO I'd likely still be working there.

Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by taternuts » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 4:32 PM UTC

I think it was almost 7 years ago but I was flown from VA->SF and interviewed for a company that I ultimately didn't end up getting an offer for, but it was a good experience

Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by ekvintroj » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 4:34 PM UTC

Anyone else from latam?

Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by private-hr-meta » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 4:35 PM UTC

I have the best job in my career and I was hired from responding to a who's hiring thread. wish I could give more details, but any single data point about the firm yields who it is.

generally, the company was looking for a very unique form of talent driven by a certain attitude and experience. they developed tools for verifying and filtering for it. if you've read any william gibson novels the firm would fit right into something he would describe.

if I were to characterize it, I'd say someone who has been any one of a FOSS contributor, bootstrapped founder, hacker, competitor especially elite level or minor fame in anything, autodidact, amateurist, performing artist, among other high competence bars that demonstrate tacit knowledge, focus, clarity, humility, reflexive curiosity, and related qualities, then imagine a firm that had somehow managed to quietly collect scores of them.

HN seems to attract a cluster of those people.

Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by MichaelRo » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 4:40 PM UTC

mylastattempt wrote: post #61

atum47 wrote: post #51

I was working for a big bank, facing moral harassment almost every day from a shitty manager. The thing with moral harassment is it don't happen out of nothing, it is gradual. The manager was testing the waters, every day making the insult a bit harder than the day before. One day he actually cursed me in a meeting with 14 other people and I decided I had enough. Reported him to HR and quit. After that I was working…

This is my first time hearing of 'moral harassment'. Is that an actual phrase or is English not your native language? Reading the rest of your comment it seems the manager was just a bully, but please elaborate if that understanding is incorrect!

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Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by water-your-self » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 4:52 PM UTC

MichaelRo wrote: post #77

mylastattempt wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is my first time hearing of 'moral harassment'. Is that an actual phrase or is English not your native language? Reading the rest of your comment it seems the manager was just a bully, but please elaborate if that understanding is incorrect!

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You are paying for may labour, not my mental health. As soon as you think you can mistreat me I am walking. 10 times out of 10, no negotiations.

Taking away the value I produce is the consequence of your actions.

Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 4:56 PM UTC

MichaelRo wrote: post #77

mylastattempt wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is my first time hearing of 'moral harassment'. Is that an actual phrase or is English not your native language? Reading the rest of your comment it seems the manager was just a bully, but please elaborate if that understanding is incorrect!

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> I don't wanna downplay your experience

But then you proceed to do exactly that!

This kind of behavior is inexcusable regardless of how bad others have it. Did you ever think that maybe your friend was just an asshole?

Re: Ask HN: Who's been hired through Hacker News?

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Post by _a_a_a_ » Thu, Jul 11, 2024, 5:10 PM UTC

MichaelRo wrote: post #77

mylastattempt wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is my first time hearing of 'moral harassment'. Is that an actual phrase or is English not your native language? Reading the rest of your comment it seems the manager was just a bully, but please elaborate if that understanding is incorrect!

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I've fair experience of blue- and white-collar jobs here in the UK. What you say about snowflakes doesn't fit my experience.